CRJ200 captain declares fuel emergency after ATC initiated reroute.

Attributes
ACN	785986
Time
Date	200805
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 29400
Environment
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	785986
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Flight declared 'fuel emergency' after they were given a 400 mi off course rerte.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 CAPT DECLARES FUEL EMERGENCY AFTER ATC INITIATED REROUTE.

Narrative: FLT DECLARED 'FUEL EMER' AFTER THEY WERE GIVEN A 400 MI OFF COURSE RERTE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.